Mankind vs. Mother nature
Global Warming
What is global warming and how is it produced? What are the negative effects?
- Global warming is the adverse climate change caused by the trapping of greenhouse gases (like carbon dioxide) in the earth's atmosphere.
- The increase in the warming of the atmosphere has significant effects on both natural environment and human life. Some of the negative effects on the environment are: Arctic shrinkage, and worldwide sea level rise. Some of the negative effects on human life are: heat strokes, cardiovascular and respiratory problems, nausea, chest pain, and pulmonary congestion.
FACTS!
- In order to keep the warming below the danger level, the heavy use of energy systems that remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere is required.
- Human activities have raised the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide to its highest level in 650,000 years.
- Climate change could severely reduce the drinking water supplies of up to a quarter billion people.
- High air temperatures increase the ozone concentration at ground level. The natural ozone layer in the upper atmosphere protects the earth from the sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation; but at ground level, ozone becomes a harmful pollutant that damages lung tissue and aggravates asthma and other breathing diseases.
My opinion on Global Warming
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